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Great Spangled Fritillary

Speyeria cybele

Photo by SarahWhitt
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

Meadow Fritillary resting atop thistle on the Blue Ridge Parkway (Virginia)

Species ID Suggestions

Great spangled fritillary

Speyeria cybele

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Latimeria
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Comments (4)
Latimeria
Same thing happened to me. I still have hundreds of pictures to upload, and I'm planning to get even more this summer.
SarahWhitt
again.....thank you!!! I can tell that you are going to be a BIG help to me with Noah....I just started a few days ago, and I am sooooo addicted. Have gone into my PC and dug out many pics... I too am happy to have a "neighbor" on here.
Latimeria
Yeah, they definitely do. Comparing pictures, it looks like the meadow fritillaries are a darker orange/red color than the great spangled. I'm not 100% sure that it is a spangled fritillary, but it looks closer to one I've seen before than to the meadow: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/5010538. By the way, I love all your uploads! It's really exciting to see some other spottings from southern Ohio.
SarahWhitt
Thank you! I am still not so sure I know the difference between the Great Spangled & the Meadow Fritillaries. They look a lot alike.

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